Voting should be harder, not easier.
“Voting should be harder, not easier.”
Agreed.
About thirty years ago when I was working in Australia, I was dining at the home or an Irish colleague when dinner was interrupted by a knock at the door. My colleague discovered two rather large gentlemen in trench coats who asked if they could come in. They were there to ARREST my colleague because he had failed to vote in the election just past. In Australia, if an election is held, any citizen of the British Commonwealth, who is present in the country, is REQUIRED to vote. The gentlemen asserted that since my colleague was from Northern Ireland and had failed to vote, he was subject to arrest. Not so fast. Turns out my colleague was a citizen of the Irish Republic and had his passport to prove it. Somewhat shamefaced, the two gentlemen mumbled their apologies and departed.
About thirty years ago when I was working in Australia, I was dining at the home of an Irish colleague when dinner was interrupted by a knock at the door. My colleague discovered two rather large gentlemen in trench coats who asked if they could come in. They were there to ARREST my colleague because he had failed to vote in the election just past. In Australia, if an election is held, any citizen of the British Commonwealth, who is present in the country, is REQUIRED to vote. The gentlemen asserted that since my colleague was from Northern Ireland and had failed to vote, he was subject to arrest. Not so fast. Turns out my colleague was a citizen of the Irish Republic and had his passport to prove it. Somewhat shamefaced, the two gentlemen mumbled their apologies and departed.